one-third cups hot milk, ove teaspoon salt, and one-fourth
cup sugar. Cook until rice is soft. Turn into a slightly
buttered round shaliow mould. When shaped, remove from
mould to serving dish, and arrange on top sections of cooked
peaches drained from their syrup and dipped in macaroon
dust. Garnish between sections with candied cherries and
angelica cut in leaf-shapes. Angelica may be softened by
dipping in hot water. Color peach syrup with fruit red, and
pour around mould. :
Compote of Rice and Pears
Cook and mould rice as for Compote of Rice with Peaches. Arrange on top quarters of cooked pears, and pour around pear syrup.
Croustades of Bread
Cut stale bread in two inch slices, and slices in diamonds, squares, or circles. Remove centres, leaving cases. Fry in deep fat or brush over with melted butter, and brown in oven. Fill with creamed vegetables, fish, or meat.
Rice Croustades
Wash one cup rice, and steam in White Stock. Cool, and mix with three-fourths cup Thick White Sauce, to which has been added beaten yolk of one egg, slight grating of nutmeg, one-half teaspoon salt, and one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Spread mixture in buttered pan two inches thick, cover with buttered paper, and place weight on top. Let stand until cold. Turn from pan, cut in rounds, remove centres, leaving cases; dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Fill with creamed fish.
Souffle au Rhum
Yolks 2 eggs 1 tablespoon rum 14 cup powdered sugar Whites 4 eggs | Few grains salt
Beat yolks of eggs until lemon-colored. Add sugar, salt, and rum. Cut and fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff and dry. Butter a hot omelet pan, pour in one-half mixture, brown underneath, fold gradually, turn on a hot serving
